At long last we are ready to convert a color image to black and white.…We've gone through the theory.…We've gone through the shooting.…I've got a color image open up here, and I'm ready to do my conversion.…Now, there are many ways to convert a color image to black and white.…There are lots of different pieces of software you can use.…Most image editors have a way of converting color to black and white, and within…any image editor there might be multiple methods of doing the conversion.…I'm here in Photoshop CS5.…In Photoshop, I can list for you 16 different ways to convert a color image to…black and white, and if you look in magazine articles and books and web pages,…you'll find lots of people listing lots of different methods, and it used to be…that knowing the three or four different conversion methods was not a bad idea,…because you got very different results from each.…

But starting with Photoshop CS3, Adobe introduced a new black-and-white…conversion feature that is almost the end- all be-all black-and-white conversion tool.…

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6/29/2011

In this Foundations of Photography, Ben Long shows photographers how to develop a black and white vocabulary and explains the considerations to take into account when shooting for this medium. The course follows Ben as he goes on location and explains what makes good black and white subject matter and how to visualize the scene in terms of tonal values and contrast rather than color. Along the way, he demonstrates some exposure strategies for getting the best images. Back at the computer, Ben demonstrates techniques for converting the resulting photos into black and white using Photoshop and other imaging tools, and offers tips on printing and output.